Squeak Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 10 more years of knowing the Safeway participating product... and whether John Garrett likes eating it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckrelevantname Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 While I love Sportsnet for John and John, their production value leaves much to be desired. This becomes glaringly apparent when we're subjected to the intermission dribble courtesy of our favourite newspaper personalities. TSN does a far better job at this. Their SportsCentre ESPN-rip is well done. Too bad they don't carry more of our games. I love the institution that is the CBC. I love the concept of HNIC, but they're never particularly good for us Canucks fans. Don Cherry is senile and they don't value BC viewership (from a business perspective, I don't blame them. They need to maximize viewership or the Feds might slash their budget even more drastically). I no longer live in Vancouver. As a Canuck-obsessed Montrealer without cable I'm pretty grateful for the free, high quality streaming that CBC provides. TSN should honestly provide this as well. They have the necessary infrastructure as they did this for the olympic games. Even with Centre-Ice, TSN and CBC games are blacked out. So, in closing: love the local, homer Sportsnet broadcasts, but I hope that Rogers pours more money into the production value. The corporation is loaded. As someone mentioned they actually have increased their quantity of sports offerings, but it's time their broadcast quality followed suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Gaunce Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 On topic, but did Jim Hughson used to work/ be on Sportsnet a few years back and used to always follow the Canucks? I was younger back then and don't remember . Love Sportsnet, definitely the best at broadcasting the Canucks imo, they actually talk about the game and the two teams playing unlike CBC whereas they talk about it for 2 minutes and ramble on to Toronto etc . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester13 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 While I love Sportsnet for John and John, their production value leaves much to be desired. This becomes glaringly apparent when we're subjected to the intermission dribble courtesy of our favourite newspaper personalities. TSN does a far better job at this. Their SportsCentre ESPN-rip is well done. Too bad they don't carry more of our games. I love the institution that is the CBC. I love the concept of HNIC, but they're never particularly good for us Canucks fans. Don Cherry is senile and they don't value BC viewership (from a business perspective, I don't blame them. They need to maximize viewership or the Feds might slash their budget even more drastically). I no longer live in Vancouver. As a Canuck-obsessed Montrealer without cable I'm pretty grateful for the free, high quality streaming that CBC provides. TSN should honestly provide this as well. They have the necessary infrastructure as they did this for the olympic games. Even with Centre-Ice, TSN and CBC games are blacked out. So, in closing: love the local, homer Sportsnet broadcasts, but I hope that Rogers pours more money into the production value. The corporation is loaded. As someone mentioned they actually have increased their quantity of sports offerings, but it's time their broadcast quality followed suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Aerosex Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Shorty doesn't have the greatest voice, but he provides quality commentary. Garrett's a homer but hilarious. I've learned so much about Kraft Dinner. TSN has a great panel and set-up, but they just focus so much on drama & Toronto. I only care about CBC for Jim Hughson. Such a funny interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuffradio Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I really hope Sportsnet gives us the free online streams like CBC does. I always cheer for CBC games because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BedBeats™2.0 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Now Cheech can get more chicken wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatSikhing Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 If the Canucks did not re-sign with Sportsnet, who else could they have sold their broadcast rights to? Nobody. No surprise here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChenWei91 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 TSN? The Hab, Jets and I think the Leafs have regional deals with TSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spliced Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Overall I like TSN better but I like John & John and I like the intermissions at home where they get local reporters talking Canucks. I don't like when they go back to some toronto studio and have guys that aren't around the team trying to take wild guesses at what is happening with the team. Not to mention TSN will get so obsessed with some other incident that happened in some other game and won't hardly talk about the Canucks at all. James Duthie straddles the line between host and circus clown at times. CBC has some strong and some weak points. Hotstove is the best intermission show in hockey. If only they could get rid of PJ Stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opmac Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 TSN? The Hab, Jets and I think the Leafs have regional deals with TSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlerberry Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 IIIIIII'''MMMMMMMM joey kenWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRDDDDDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 As far as the visual and audio quality it is: TSN>Sportsnet>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksnhl Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I don't care where I'm watching the game from, even if it's from an American feed, as long as the Canucks win! But if I had to choose one, it would be Sportsnet. TSN tries too hard, although still entertaining. This is a great move for Canucks fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Noo! Sportsnet is so bad compared to TSN and CBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I love Sportsnet. Shorty's the second best Play-by-Play man, next to Hughson IMO. Garrett is a bit homer-ish but he's funny sometimes. You can always count on him for a cheesy quote on the "participating product". I like TSN's analysis best, but Sportsnet's is decent too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwnstar Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Did u know, garret was the starting goalie at the 83 all star game and won? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyking Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 If TSN aired more games and had a HD channel, it would certainly be the best, But it has neither. They did do the olympics though, so i give them that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 You all still love TSN now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendythirteenthrashers Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 You all still love TSN now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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